Carl Jackson caught this year's heaviest Burmese python in Florida. Could the next catch happen in Palm Beach County?

As another python hunting year winds down in Florida, it will be a tall order for any hunter to top Carl Jackson's near-record catch in January.

A 69-year-old professional python hunter and veterans nonprofit founder from Lutz, Florida, captured and euthanized 96 invasive Burmese pythons during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge — setting a new ...

Southwest Florida's fight against invasive Burmese pythons has reached both a grim milestone and a hopeful one. One Naples-based conservation team now says it has completed its first "four-ton" ...

Professional python hunter Carl Jackson recently caught a 202-pound python, the second heaviest ever recorded in Florida. Python bites are a common risk for hunters, and their teeth feel like needles ...

During the study, researchers tracked 188 adult and 168 juvenile Burmese pythons across sites such as the Big Cypress National Preserve. Each specimen was sexed, weighed and measured, with the VHF ...

Tom Rahill, founder of Swamp Apes, handles a Burmese python at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 25, 2019. RHONA WISE/AFP via Getty Images A 69-year-old professional python ...